I Started a Shop and Picked up a Cat Girl
I Started a Shop and Picked up a Cat Girl Chapter 52.2

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Chapter 52: Milk Tea, We’re Home… (2/2)

The neon lights in the center of the district remained vibrant, but at this hour, the streets appeared deserted and somewhat lonely.

Suddenly, in the corner of his eye, Shen Cheng noticed a figure jogging laboriously. He curled his lips, parked the car to the side, rolled down the window, and called out to the figure, “What are you doing? Night jogging?”

Hearing Shen Cheng’s voice, Mo Xinya, covered in sweat, halted, caught her breath for a moment, and then, with a distressed expression, said to Shen Cheng, “I went out for dinner after work, and when I got home, I suddenly realized I left my house key at the zoo!”

Shen Cheng: “…”

The scenery passed evenly on both sides as Mo Xinya sat in the passenger seat. She glanced at Milk Tea, who was asleep on the back seat, blushed, and softly said, “I’m really sorry to trouble you…”

Shen Cheng waved his hand dismissively, saying, “It’s fine. I actually have some things I wanted to ask you.”

“Okay!” Mo Xinya nodded, then suddenly noticed something and asked, “Is your injury healed?”

“Yes, with the medical standards of the Bio-Scientific Institute, this kind of injury is just a minor issue for them.”

Upon hearing this, Mo Xinya’s eyes brightened, “Did you visit the Bio-Scientific Institute today? Did you see Nana? How is she doing?”

Thinking of Nana’s request, Shen Cheng replied unaffectedly, “Nana is doing well, you don’t need to worry.”

“That’s good,” Mo Xinya sighed with relief, leaning back against the car seat.

Shen Cheng: “…”

Parking the car at the zoo entrance, where the gate had not been locked yet, Shen Cheng watched as Mo Xinya ran in to fetch her keys, and he remained silent, tapping the steering wheel while waiting.

Milk Tea was still asleep, breathing steadily, seemingly very tired.

Soon, Mo Xinya hurried back and got into the car, showing Shen Cheng the bunch of keys.

Shen Cheng nodded and pressed the accelerator.

“By the way, Shen Cheng, you said earlier that you wanted to ask me something?”

“Yes… How did you and Nana meet? Why does she call you ‘Mom’?” Shen Cheng asked after pondering for a moment.

“Ah, that…” Mo Xinya, lost in thought, began to smile softly, “When Nana was just born, her real mother passed away. At that time, Nana was still a little tiger cub, not yet weaned, and she refused to drink the milk of other animals. I fed Nana with milk powder, mouthful by mouthful.

Not long after Nana was weaned, one morning, the zoo manager suddenly told me that Nana was missing. I was never so anxious, and during work hours, I searched everywhere for Nana, calling her name. Near the end of the workday, I finally saw a girl sleeping on the ground in a hidden corner of the zoo…

I woke up the girl, and when she opened her eyes, the first thing she did was to smile and call me ‘Mom.’ I was stunned for a moment, but I immediately realized that this girl was Nana. She definitely is Nana; I would never mistake her!”

At this point, Mo Xinya turned to look at Milk Tea sleeping in the back seat and said with a smile, “Nana was just like her back then…”

“Then you hid Nana’s true identity and secretly brought her home, didn’t you?” Stopping in front of an old rental building, Shen Cheng glanced at it softly and said, “You and Nana lived in such a small, shabby house…”

“Yes, but… I’m very happy!” Mo Xinya said as she got out of the car and turned to Shen Cheng, “I only regret that, as a mother figure, I couldn’t give Nana everything she wanted. But… Shen Cheng, the things I couldn’t provide, you can!”

Shen Cheng’s hand paused in the middle of tapping the steering wheel.

Indeed, now he could give Cheese, Sugar, and Milk Tea many things they wanted. Compared to Mo Xinya, he should be extraordinarily fortunate.

But, while Mo Xinya treated Nana with the identity of a ‘mother,’ what was he to them? A ‘father’? Or just a mere ‘Master’ devoid of deep meaning?

Watching Mo Xinya wave her hand to him before turning around to enter the building, Shen Cheng remained in a daze for a while before driving towards the Cat café.

After more than ten minutes, he parked in front of the Cat café. Looking at the warm light from the second floor, Shen Cheng smiled faintly and gently woke Milk Tea.

“Milk Tea, Milk Tea, we’re home…”

[End of the Wandering Cats Arc]

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